On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:09:30 +0000 (UTC),
bbense+rec.boats.paddle.rec.skiing.backcountry.Fe
wrote:

In article ,
Gary S. Idontwantspam@net wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:46:00 -0700, Chris Webster
wrote:

So I was glancing through the International Journal of Cancer(1) the
other day when I noticed they were using Freeze Dried Beer for a study.
So.....where can we get some?

This is one of those ideas that sounded good until someone actually
tasted it.

_ Freeze distillation is an old New England Tradition. You take
hard cider and skim the ice off every day. Is is "dry" if there's
no water in it?

_ Booker C. Bense

Yes, the classic way to turn hard cider into applejack, roughly
equivalent in alcohol content to a brandy.

The freezedried beer was a powder to which you added water and vodka,
and was supposed to have a little froth on top.

It was announced several years ago, hit the market, and faded away
rather quickly. Reviews were not favorable.

There is a more recent freeze- dried beer idea from a couple of Purdue
students, but they are proposing it as a "spice" to add beer flavor to
various foods, not to reconstitute into a drink.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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